Rachel Berkowitz said she showed her love for humorous artwork at last year’s Fine Art Show, submitting a painting of a huge, brightly colored baby with squinting eyes and a mouth screwed up in a wail. The third-year art and art history student now serves as the curator for this year’s Fine Art Show on […]
Category Archives: Theater & Fine Arts
UCLA Nashaa wins first place at Bollywood America dance competition
The past few years, co-captain Sunny Shah said UCLA Nashaa – the Bollywood-fusion dance team – seemed to be having a dry spell. After winning second place at Bollywood America in 2010, the team hadn’t placed at the national competition for three years. However, after placing first at Bollywood Berkeley in February – their bid […]
Graduate student’s exhibit creates ‘symphony’ of art, tech
Terms like “right-brained” and “left-brained” fall short when used to define Design | Media Arts graduate student Neil Mendoza. As part of the Design | Media Arts department, Mendoza said he uses his background in technology to create innovative art pieces that seek to give new meaning to notions of form and space. Mendoza’s exhibit, […]
Alumna’s Spilt Arts offers creative outlet for underserved youth
A 16-year-old juvenile hall inmate wrote her first poem, “My Lifestyle,” in a creative writing class taught by UCLA alumna Christina Han. “My lifestyle is a living hell. Wake up in the morning, knowing that I’m in jail. When I heard the sound of handcuffs, I thought I was tough. Thinking, thinking, thinking my life […]
Graduate student wins $5,000 at ‘Art of Fashion’ with dress design
At 6 p.m. on Christmas Eve, graduate costume design student Charlotte Ballard said she realized her costume was lacking. She sped over to Home Depot, leaving the workshop she created in her parents’ garage. There, Ballard found the finishing touch to her dress: chicken wire. “At that point, I was just so tired and cold, […]
Graduate student questions media perception in thesis photography show
The perception of a quaint, traditional dining room in Carla Jay Harris’ thesis exhibition is shattered by a closer look at the floral wallpaper that lines the walls. The wallpaper showcases a bold image of two black males dressed up as gang members for a role in a movie, while another titled “College Gangsta Party” […]
Exhibit ‘The People’s United Nations’ to tackle world issues
Pedro Reyes’ paintbrush doesn’t lay down strokes of color. Instead, the Mexican artist’s paintbrush adds an element of theater to his artworks. His project, the second General Assembly of “The People’s United Nations,” or “pUN,” is an experimental symposium that incorporates theatrical aspects. The project applies techniques and resources from social psychology, theater, art and […]